Crime

Ekiti Govt. to Establish Sexual Assault Centres

By Web News 1183

Ekiti State Government is to establish sexual assault referral centres to address incidences of rape in the society. 

Wife of the Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi stated this in Ado Ekiti during an interactive session on gender-based violence with heads of broadcast media stations in Ekiti state.

Erelu Fayemi explained that the centres would be strategically located to take care of treatment and counselling of rape victims.

The governor’s wife, who expressed worry over the rising cases of rape, especially the minors, appealed to the heads of media stations to collaborate with the gender based violence committee and champion campaign against the trend.

She noted that the committee had met with local government chairmen to take the message to the grassroots.

In their short remarks, all the heads of the broadcast stations in Ekiti State, including the General Manager of Radio Nigeria Progress FM Ado Ekiti, Mr Dokun Ladele pledged their support to the committee and suggested various ways to make the campaign effective.

Ogunrinde Amos

Health

Ekiti Govt. Warns Against Non-Compliance of Residence to COVID-19 Rules

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Ekiti State Government says it will not hesitate to close any public or commercial institution that fails to observe all rules laid down to contain the spread of Coronavirus in the state.

The Secretary to Ekiti State Government and Chairman, Ekiti state Committee on the Containment of COVID-19, Mr Biodun Oyebanji made this known in a statement in Ado-Ekiti.

Mr Oyebanji who explained that the guidelines were consciously put in place to ensure a healthy and virus free society, maintained that anyone caught violating the rules would prosecuted for willfully endangering public health.

While noting that the guidelines would be reviewed on weekly basis to evaluate the level of compliance, Mr. Oyebanji said it was compulsory for commercial banks and other institutions provide hand sanitizers to their workers and customers, limit number of customers to maintain social distancing and ensure mandatory use of face-masks.

He warned that beer parlors, club, bars and social gardens were to remain closed, saying that anyone caught in a beer parlor would be prosecuted, both operator and customers.

Oriola Afolabi